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ReviewInternational journal of women's dermatology2019

Current and emerging treatment strategies for hair loss in women of color.

U R Okereke, A Simmons, V D Callender

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Review in International journal of women's dermatology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Considerations and recommendations on camouflage in alopecia in Black women.International journal of women's dermatology · 2023
    Review
  4. Article
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  8. The art of prevention: It's too tight-Loosen up and let your hair down.International journal of women's dermatology · 2021
    Review
  9. Clinical recognition and management of alopecia in women of color.International journal of women's dermatology · 2019
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

U R OkerekeUniversity of Iowa Clinics and Hospitals, Iowa City, Iowa.
A SimmonsUniversity Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
V D CallenderHoward University College of Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia.
Howard University · USUniversity Hospitals of Cleveland · USUniversity of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hair loss is common in women of color, and is associated with significant psychosocial complaints. Early clinical recognition and prompt initiation of intervention with medical treatment is critical to halt the disease process. In this article, we review the clinical presentations of nonscarring and scarring alopecias in women of color, use of dermoscopy for early recognition of the disease process, and medical, procedural, and surgical interventions. In conditions that result in scarring alopecia, such as late-stage traction, frontal fibrosing, or central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia, patients may benefit from procedural interventions, such as hair transplantation, platelet rich plasma injections, low-level laser therapy, or scalp therapy.

Indexed as

afro-textured hairalopeciaHair losshair restorationhair transplantationtreatmentwomen of color

Identifiers

PMID30809578
PMCPMC6374709
OpenAlexW2914420954

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